Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-08

Miss Clara Cozad. daughter of DR..
James Cozad. of Reynolds, is visiting her
friend Miss Millie DeSanto in this city.
A two months old son of Henry Ham
shaw of Eleventh street, between Seventh
and Eighth avenues, died al a m Sun
day
j. G. Rasmussen. the artist, leaves this
evening for Chicago. to attend the meet
ing of the National Photographers asso-
| citation.
Rev. J. Fl. Wright and family left this
morning for Atlanta and other points in
this state, where Mr. Wright will take a
three weeks vacation.
Mr.. Claude Fries, of Camden, n. j.,
who has been visiting his friend. Mr.. T.
R. Harper, left this evening for home
by way of Niagara Falls,
General Freight and Passenger Agent
Stockhouse, of the Rock Island & Peoria,
returned Saturday after a months abb
sence on railroad business.
Mr.. George Reaugh is putting up a
neat iron fence in front of the houses
owned by Mr.. c. B. Knox on Fourth
avenue east of Twentieth street.
Joseph Bailey of New York, is at the
| Harper. 1t is whispered that within the
| next two weeks Mr. Bailey will lead to
the altar we'll known Rock Island
lady.
Guy Bowman was Saturday taken
down to Oakland, near Andalusia, by his
grandfather. Dr. E. Il. Bowman, in order
that he might have the benefit of the
country air for recovering from his recent
| illness.
The Gilpin Hose Co. No. I, will hold
its second annual picnic on Sylvan island
Saturday. August 10. There will be
coupling contest at p. m. All the fire
compa MES of Moline and Rock Island
are invited.
While Chas. Wheaton, formerly of
Rock Island, was putting cork into a
bottle containing carbolic acid. in Francis
Lees drug store Thursday. the bottle
bursted, and the contents flew all over
him. MIR. Wheaton's face is badly
burned. His eyesight will not be injured
He is at his room and IS quite comfort
able.-Clinton Heruld.
The alarm of fire at 10 O'Clock this
morning started by the sounding of the
whistle of the Silver Plating Works, was
caused by little blaze in the roof of the
building on Eighteenth street. which was
subdued before the arrival Of the volun-
teer fire department.
Through invoicing. and find overstocks
IN many departments. The slaughter
begins. McCabe Bros. will commence on
Tuesday morning to sell millinery with
discount of 40 per cent and for five days
only. See that 40 per cent is figured off
the bottom of all bills OF trimmed and
untrimmed hats and flowers.
The Rock Island aud Moline Street
Railway company commenced sprnkling
Moline avenue east to Moline this morn.
ing. This is certainly a commemorate
undertaking and an-innovation which
will be hailed with delight by the people
residing on the avenue, as well as those
who have occasion to travel 1t, and the
company is deserving of much credit for
It's enterprise.
An exciting scene took place on the
government bridge last evening, growing
out of an attempt on the part of two
young men from this city to rescue from
carriage a woman of questionable re-
pute whom they had picked up down at
the island in the afternoon, and v no had
been kidnapped from them by Daven-
port dude. The guard interfered, finals
ly, however, and all parties went their
respective ways.
Heavily overstooked in some depart.
ments. McCabe Bros have Just completed
the invoice of their mammoth stock of
dry goods, millinery and fancy articles,
and they are largely overstocked iu many
departments, they propose a grand
slaughter sale of all excess stock and will
commence tomorrow in their millinery
department. All hats, bonnets. and
flowers 40 per cent discount for balance
of the week
They had prepared for a great game
between the Rock Islands and the Zumas
at the latter place last Friday. The peo-
pie turned out en- masse expecting to make
day of it. The failure of Manage Mum
gers nine to put in an appearance caused
much disappointment and in the after
noon the Zumas went across Rock river
and got the Geneseos, who were camping
out there. to come over and play game
and the Reds were victorious.
Some of the Unions best of good
natured" friends should inform it of the
difference between the Sunday announce
ment of base ball games and religious
services. On both Saturday and yester-
day the Union announced the game be-
tween the postal employees under the head
of Sunday Services in the Churches" and
among the church announcements. On
Saturday the ARGUS charitaby refraiued
from noticiDg the awkward blunder in
hopes that the sleepy Eighteenth street
coucerD would discover the mistake itself.
but it didn't tumble worth d cent.